Safety-envelop



[No Model.)

H. LANGE.

SAFETY ENVELOP.

Patented Apr. 20, 1897.

Jewelen .Mkin/ 4'4.

UNITED STATES PATENT Grrrcn.

HUGO A. LANGE, OF DUBUQUE, IOlVA.

SAFETY-ENVELO P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,873, dated April20, 1897.

Application filed August 25, 1896. Serial No. 603,399. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGO A; LANGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dubuque, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvem ents in Safety-Envelops; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that class of envelops known to the trade as tagor check envelops, and has for its purpose to provide against loss ormisplacing of articles of value, with more special reference for use injewelrystores where quantities of jewelry are repaired. The manner ofconstruction of this envelop and mode of use will be fully explained inthe specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aninside view of the blank, showing parts as gummed. Fig. 2 is a view ofthe opposite side from Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a face view of the envelopsealed and as it is sent to the workman with the tag for the ownerremoved. Fig. 4 is a face view of same as returned from workman.

Like letters denote corresponding parts in each of the drawings.

The body of the envelop (represented by A) has the side flaps a and band the end flaps c and d. The flap a is provided with gumsurface 6, andthe flap 1) with gum f and g, the flap c with the gum G, and the flap dwith the gum O and 02. Just above the gum on the flap a and b and acrossthe body A are perforations h h, the object of which will presentlyappear. At the outer end of the flap d is a tag B, which is removablyattached to the flap cl between the perforations i 1.

Upon the body A of the front of the envelop are printed the name andaddress of the jeweler and space left for the name of the owner of thearticle, the repairs to be made, and the charges. Therev is also printedupon said front of the envelop a given number, say 72. This number,however, differs upon each envelop. Upon the front of the flap cl, atits upper part, is printed the same number as upon the body A of theenvelop, in this instance 72, which also gives the number of the job,and there is left a space for the amount of charges and the name of theworkman who shall do the repairing of the article in the envelop. Uponthe tag B is printed the same number, '72, being the number of the job,which corresponds to the number on the body of the envelop and upon'theflap cl, and there are also printed thereon the name and address of thejeweler. The flaps a and b are folded over and sealed by thegum g, andalso the flap 0 is folded down upon the flaps a and b and sealed by thegum G.

The manner of operating my device is as follows: The article to berepaired is placed in the envelop and the tag B is torn off at theperforations i 1 and handed to the owner of the article. If the amountof charges is determined, it is written upon this tag 13. The envelop isthen sealed with the article therein by the gum O and n. The name of theworkman who is to repair the article is written upon the flap d andhanded to him, who tears off the flap d at the perforations h h andrepairs the article and replaces it in the envelop and seals it by thegum e and f. At the same time he marks the charges upon the body of theenvelop A and upon the flap d, if they have not previously been markedthereon, and then returns the envelop to the jeweler. Upon the return ofthe tag B the sealed package, with the article repaired sealed therein,is returned to the owner.

It will be seen that there is scarcely a possibility of eithermisplacing the article or making a mistake in placing it in the wrongenvelop or in losing it, and, further, if the article be notsatisfactorily repaired the jeweler can readily trace it to the workmanwho did such repairs and also can compare the charges if the tag B havethe charges marked thereon difierent from either flap, which in a largeestablishment, where many workmen are employed, is exceedingly useful.It will further be seen that the amount of work which each workman hasdone and the charges he has made therefor can readily be ascertained.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. An envelop consisting of a body A, having flaps a, b, and c, withgummed surfaces G, g, f, and e, in combination with a flap removablysecured to the body A, and having the gummed surfaces n, and C, for thepurposes shown.

2. An envelop consisting of a body A, and flaps a, b, and c, with gummedsurfaces G, g,

5 f, and e, a flap (Z, having gummed surfaces 0,

said envelop and having the same number printed thereon as upon the bodyand having the gummed surfaces '11, and O, and a tag removably attachedto said flap (1, with the same number thereon as upon the body of theenvelop and flap, as and for the purposes shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 4 in the presence of twowitnesses.

HUGO A. LANGE. Witnesses:

M. M. OADY, GEORGE CRANE.

